Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION miHkksDrk ekeys] [kk| vkSj lkoZtfud forj.k ea=h be pleased to state the details of the demand and supply of sugar within the country, State/UT-wise including West Bengal, Maharashtra, Kerala and Gujarat?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)
With carry over stock of about 40 Lakh MT and estimated production of about 272 Lakh MT, the availability of sugar in country during current sugar season 2017-18 is estimated to be about 312 Lakh MT as against estimated demand of about 250 Lakh MT. The demand of the non sugar producing states is met from the supply made by sugar producing states. The State-wise projected demand and supply of sugar is at Annexure.
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ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2980 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 13.03.2018 IN THE LOK SABHA.
Sl. No
State /Union Territory
Consumption/Demand (in Lakh MT)
Supply/Production SS 2017-18 (in Lakh MT)
1 Uttar Pradesh
41.29
101.00
2 Maharashtra
23.28
90.50
3 Bihar
21.51
5.70
4 West Bengal
18.93
-
5 Madhya Pradesh
15.04
2.72
6 Tamil Nadu
14.95
5.88
7 Rajasthan
14.22
-
8 Karnataka
12.67
31.50
9 Gujarat
12.51
9.76
10 Andhra Pradesh
10.23
4.62
11 Odisha
8.69
0.44
12 Telangana
7.31
2.40
13 Kerala
6.92
-
14 Jharkhand
6.83
-
15 Assam
6.46
-
16 Punjab
5.74
6.50
17 Chhattisgarh
5.29
0.48
18 Haryana
5.25
7.08
19 Jammu and Kashmir
2.60
-
20 Uttarakhand
2.10
3.92
21 Himachal Pradesh
1.42
-
22 Tripura
0.76
-
23 Meghalaya
0.61
-
24
Manipur
0.56
-
25 Nagaland
0.41
-
26 Goa
0.30
0.13
27 Arunachal Pradesh
0.29
-
28 Mizoram
0.23
-
29 Sikkim
0.13
-
30 Delhi
3.47
-
31 Puducherry
0.26
0.06
32 Chandigarh
0.22
-
33 Andaman and Nicobar Islands
0.08
-
34 Dadra and Nagar Haveli
0.07
-
35 Daman and Diu
0.05
-
36 Lakshadweep
0.01
- India
250.69
272.69
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